undergraduate pilot training, Reese Air Force Base, Texas May 1977, student, B-52G combat crew training, Castle Air Force Base, California November 1977, B-52G co-pilot, 28th Bombardment Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia December 1980, Program Manager, F-15 Avionics Integration Support Facility, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins AFB, Georgia October 1982, Global Positioning System Program officer, Air Staff Training Program, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. April 1983, Requirements Program officer, Air Staff Training Program, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. September 1983, student, B-52G combat crew training, Castle AFB, California April 1984, B-52G flight commander, instructor pilot, 69th Bombardment Squadron, Loring Air Force Base, Maine August 1985, chief, B-52 Standardization and Evaluation Division, 42nd Bombardment Wing, Loring AFB, Maine August 1986, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama June 1987, executive officer to the Commander, Headquarters 8th Air Force, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana September 1988, commander, 596th Bombardment Squadron, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana July 1990, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. June 1991, chief, Strategic and Space Forces Branch, later, Chief, Forces Division, Directorate for Force Structure, Resources and Assessment, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C. July 1993, commander, 5th Operations Group, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota December 1994, director, Chief of Staff Operations Group, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. August 1996, commander, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, North Dakota July 1998, assistant director of aerospace operations, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia April 2000, deputy director, NATO Reaction Force Air Staff, Allied Command Europe, Kalkar, Germany October 2001, vice commander, 9th Air Force, and Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina June 2003, commander, CENTAF-Forward Combined Air Headquarters; Deputy Commander, 9th Aerospace Expeditionary Task Force; and Deputy Combined Forces Air Component Commander, USCENTCOM, Southwest Asia July 2004, commandant, Air War College, and Vice Commander, Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama June 2006, commander, 8th Air Force; Commander, Air Force Network Operations, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; and Joint Functional Component Commander for Space and Global Strike, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Nebraska July 2009, retired. Flight information Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 4,000 Combat hours: 83 (Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom) Aircraft flown: E-8 Joint STARS, B-52 Stratofortress, T-38 and T-37 Awards/Decorations Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Bronze Star Meritorious Service